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Fifth annual awards program recognizes
innovative
customer and partner Internet security implementations
DUBLIN, IRELAND, Check
Point Experience - May 23, 2002 - Check Point Software Technologies
Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet,
today announced the winners of its fifth annual Check Point Excellence
Awards at the Check Point Experience conference currently being
held in Dublin, Ireland. The Check Point Experience provides customers
and partners with valuable technology and market information via
presentations, technical and business-focused tracks and product
demonstrations from Check Point and its partners.
The Check Point Excellence
Awards recognize customers and channel partners for successfully
and innovatively implementing Internet security solutions. This
year's winners represent industry-leading companies across Europe,
the Middle East and Africa who are leveraging Check Point and its
OPSEC™ (Open Platform for Security) partner solutions to solve
business problems, such as securing remote offices and employees
and managing critical bandwidth.
The recipients of the 2002
Check Point Excellence Awards include:
- Vodafone, for Cutting
Edge Security Practices
Vodafone, a large global mobile telecommunications network company,
upgraded its security infrastructure to meet growing business
demands, improve its web presence and interoperate with business
partners using Check Point's VPN-1®/FireWall-1® Next Generation™
running on Nokia appliances, VPN-1 SecureClient™ and Provider-1™
technologies. Vodafone is also in the process of implementing
Check Point's FireWall-1 GX to protect its GPRS network. New Zealand
reseller InterConnect assisted in these implementations.
- Domino Printing Sciences,
for Scalable, Flexible, VPNs
omino Printing Sciences, the leader in the manufacturing of laser
printing and coding solutions, replaced their legacy infrastructure
with Check Point's VPN-1/FireWall-1 Next Generation. In addition
to reducing costs, this solution provided necessary scalability,
flexibility and performance. Domino outsourced the solution to
Ultima Business, located in the United Kingdom, enabling them
to focus internal IT resources on development.
- Metro MGI, for Outstanding
Provider-1 Implementation
Metro MGI, an internal IT-service located in Germany and abroad
provide IT-services for the various branches of its parent company,
Metro AG. Metro MGI implemented Check Point's Provider-1 to mange
the companies global security infrastructure from a central location.
- Comverse, for Outstanding
OPSEC Architecture Implementation
Comverse, a unit of Comverse Technology, Inc., is based in Israel.
It is a leading supplier of software and systems that enable network-based
multimedia enhanced communications services. Comverse enhanced
its Check Point VPN-1/FireWall-1 solution with the addition of
OPSEC products from Oracle, Trend Micro, Vasco and Rainfinity.
The solution ensures optimal network performance and offers its
thousands of remote users easy log-in and secure access to critical
data and systems.
- Regus, for Outstanding
FloodGate-1 Implementation
Regus, a London-based multi-national organization and leading
worldwide operator of business centers, implemented a Check Point's
Secure Virtual Network (SVN) consisting of VPN-1 to provide connectivity
in more than 40 countries worldwide using FloodGate-1 modules
to manage bandwidth. This installation was completed with the
help of reseller Centrinet.
"Every day Check Point
customers and partners are tasked to implement Internet security
that is comprehensive, scalable and manageable, while meeting the
specific parameters of their businesses," said Herve Bourgeois,
vice president of Check Point Software Technologies for Europe,
Middle East and Africa. "Check Point solutions make it possible
to meet those demands. It is with great pleasure that we recognize
this year's Excellence awards recipients for their accomplishments
and honor them for the innovative implementations that enabled them
to solved real business needs."
About Check Point Software
Technologies
Check Point Software Technologies is the worldwide leader in securing
the Internet. It is the confirmed market leader of both the worldwide
VPN and firewall markets. The company's Secure Virtual Network (SVN)
architecture provides the VPN and security infrastructure that uniquely
enables secure and reliable Internet communications. SVN solutions,
as delivered in the company's Next Generation product family, secure
business communications and resources for corporate networks, remote
employees, branch offices and partner extranets. Extending the power
of SVN is Check Point's Open Platform for Security (OPSEC), the
industry's framework and alliance for integration and interoperability
with "best-of-breed" solutions from over 300 leading companies.
Check Point solutions are sold, integrated and serviced by a network
of 2,500 certified partners in 203 countries. For more information,
please call us at (800) 429-4391 or (650) 628-2000 or visit us on
the Web at http://www.checkpoint.com
or at http://www.opsec.com.
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2002 Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved.
Check Point, the Check Point logo, FireWall-1, FireWall-1 SecureServer,
FireWall-1 SmallOffice, FloodGate-1, INSPECT, IQ Engine, Meta IP,
MultiGate, Open Security Extension, OPSEC, Provider-1, SecureKnowledge,
SecureUpdate, SiteManager-1, SVN, UAM, User-to-Address Mapping,
UserAuthority, Visual Policy Editor, VPN-1, VPN-1 Accelerator Card,
VPN-1 Gateway, VPN-1 SecureClient, VPN-1 SecuRemote, VPN-1 SecureServer,
VPN-1 SmallOffice, and ConnectControl are trademarks, service marks,
or registered trademarks of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.
or its affiliates. All other product names mentioned herein are
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